I agree. But the term ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ was one of the strongest defenses for Clinton during his obstruction-of-justice impeachment hearing in the House.
The intelligencia [led by Professor Tribe] has watered down the interpretation through belittling the Committe on Style and referring to the Constitution’s rough draft as ‘original intent’. [Detailed in earlier post.]
It would be more effective to exit that rat-maze debate and clearly define what is impeachable.
The Framers purposely avoided the temptation to draft a code of laws. High crimes mean today what it meant in 1787.